Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-12-28

friends made strong effort to per-
suade the Commissioners that the
Clerk was the officer In whom the law
placed the disposal Of the printing of
the Board of Comfy Commissioners,
even trying to convince them that the
bondsmen of the Clerk might suffer
Your friends either did not know the
law or wilfully misrepresented 1t.
That you would have absorbed the
county funds to an alarming extent,
might some time ago have been merely
matter of inference to be based on the
direct and indirect inteaest of those
officers who would have controlled the
printing. Recently, you have shown
in what manner the county would
have suffered
The Treasurer published small tax
notice which at the legal rate for one
insertion would have cost SIS, you
charged and received $13. The notice
calling for bids for the County Hos.
pitol was printed last year by the Bull
LETIN for five dollars, when there was
no competition. The Commissioners
allowed you to print it this year and
you presented bill tor over fifty dol
lars. charging for more than the neces.
sary number of insertions. That is,
contrary to the custom of charging for
but one insertion, you even tried to
get paid for printing after the time
provided by law had expired. This
bill was cut down to the time required
by law and you received 1927 80. This
was your opportunity to make a grab
at the County Treasury and you grab
bed, in the face of the fact that the
county never even in the flush times
of early days had been asked to pay
for more than one insertion, and also
in face of the fact that you had once
made rat offer to do the work for
ten cents square and were angry
because the offer was not accepted.
Now the fair legal price which the
BULLETIN has always received for
such work is 50 so a square. 1t never
offered TO work for less and never
asked tor more because it could get
1t through the lack of competition,
while you have charged SO so a square
for one piece of work and IS 80 for
another. You see Mrs, P. how you
would have absorbed he County funds
had you had your way as you expected.
To return to the hospital business.
Having printed the Notice for bids, it
occupying the space 1t did, you would
have put in bill for S12 90 had you
been willing to neither rat rates nor
charge too much. You received SIS
more than the county had ever paid
before for the same amount of work
and tried to get $40 more, while you
WCIC 'OouipluiHiuB hDOuI luc OpIuuli
sioners for not saving SIS month at
the possible if not probable cost of
suffering or negleat to the county
patients for whose benefit the notice
was published. Doesn't it seem to you
that your pretense of solicilude for
county economy does not work
smoothly. Would you rather have had
that money than have it given for the
benefit of the patients? Doesn't it seem
TO you that your eagerness for economy
in hospita, matters had tendency
toward reaction when you put in your
bill for hospital proposals?
The Grand Jury viii have the fore.
going statements laid before it at its
next session. Il will also have chance
to learn whether the law has been
violated ia letter or spirit in other
matters.
In the mean time the Editor of the
BULLETIN will cheerfully make a per.
sonal explanation to any person who
may want further information.